SPT Taps Chien to Grow Asia Pacific Business

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George Chien, VP, international networks, for Sony Pictures Television, has been named senior VP, international networks, Asia Pacific, reporting to Andy Kaplan, president of the networks. He will help develop new business in the region.

Chien will co-manage Sony's Premium Movie Partnership, a venture in Australia with 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, Paramount, and Liberty Media; and TV1 Sci Fi, a joint venture with NBC Universal and CBS Studios International.

He also oversees SPT's TV nets in Asia, and helps manage its Indian channels.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.